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Aircraftman 1St Class WILLIAM WILSON

Service Number: 871652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

974 Balloon

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1941

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

1. D. 9.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Susanne Wilson; husband of Violet Wilson, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING WITH HIS COMRADES, HIS WORK NOBLY DONE. MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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